Cerebral purpura

Under Purpura cerebral refers disseminated , petechial , so scattered occurring, point-like bleeding in the brain . The bleeding looks like a flea sting and is mainly in the white matter around small vessels.

Causes can be cerebral fat and air embolisms , leukemic brain involvement, hyperergic reaction with acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis , disseminated intravascular coagulopathy , inhalation of nitrous gases, multi-organ failure triggered by shock and sepsis by gram-negative bacteria.

The result of cerebral purpura is cerebral edema and increased intracranial pressure .

Individual evidence

1. ^ S. Winblad et al.: Purpura cerebri in case of poisoning with nitrous gases. In: Fühner-Wieland's collection of poisoning cases . Volume 11, December 1940, pp. 135 ff., Doi: 10.1007 / BF02453154
2. ↑ J. Schwenk et al.: Purpura cerebri in gram-negative septicaemia. A histological and immunohistochemical study. In: Histol Histopathol. 1987 Jan; 2 (1), pp. 57-66. PMID 2980703
3. ↑ ^{a b} C. Thomas: Special Pathology. Schattauer Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-7945-1713-X , p. 11. (online)
4. ^ W. Böcker et al.: Pathology. Urban & Fischer-Verlag, 2008, ISBN 3-437-42382-7 , p. 270. (online)

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